Blinds ordered, garage door in!

We were undecided as to what to do for our window coverings, and walked into Accent blinds to see what they had. An hour later we had left a deposit on roller blinds for all the windows, apart from the 3 windows in the master room which we will be getting plantation shutters.

They need to wait til we have handover so they can measure and then need about 2 months to produce. Very happy to have that sorted, and just one thing less to worry about.

We also had our garage door finally installed this week and have had painters on site. They should be finished in the next couple of days.

Now the fun of packing has begun... It's all starting to feel real now!

Here is a late afternoon photo from our neighbour.

PCI Date!!

As expected, we got a call from our SS today who gave us a provisional date for June 12th for Handover.
Allworth's setup is to do a walk through, if all good, hand over a check and walk away with some keys!

If all goes to plan that will be 15 weeks and 2 days of a 17 week contract plus rain delays!

Painters did start today, and should be finished mid next week!!!

Guess we better start packing :)

Locked out and painters on site!

Just a quick update - went up this morning to see if we could get in to measure up for blinds, but we are certainly locked out! Least we we able to measure up for the roller blinds that will be in the back rooms and living, will just have to wait until we are in to measure up for the plantations in the main bed and media room.

We were hoping to see the bench top, but it was all covered with drop sheets. Our glass splash back still needs to be installed also.

From what we could see through windows, it also looks like all the tiling is complete. This includes the hob around the bathtub, laundry and front porch.

Good news is that the painters have at least dropped off all their gear, and Im assuming they will start on Monday (tomorrow). With any luck, we may get a garage door soon too!

Really getting close now, I cant imagine how they would need more than a couple of weeks until they're done. Expecting a call from our SS tomorrow who should hopefully be able to give us an indication of a PCI date.

Now off to order the blinds!

Getting close!

Just a small update, received notification from allworth that the kitchen is finished.
Our tiler was on site on Friday, but from photos looks like the front porch is done, and from our visit last week shouldn't have too much left to do.

We also have steps in our garage. Talking to the builder on Friday they have said allow a week for painting and another for cleaning. Will find out on Monday a provisional PCI date, hopefully to happen in 2-3 weeks.

With at least 2 weeks of work after handover for electrical, flooring and driveway, certainly keen to get in now! With 4 weeks until my birthday, that would be the perfect present!

We have a kitchen!

Had a quick walk through whilst meeting with our driveway guy today, and again have been impressed by how much has been done in the past 5 days!

The tiler was on site and just about finished the laundry at 10am this morning, and with only that and the 2 bathrooms to do, he shouldn't need too long.

We have also had all of our kitchen and bathroom cabinetry installed, all of our doors and skirting are installed, aswell as a front and back door! Still no garage door, but im sure that will be soon!

Looks like all we need now is final electrical, benchtops and paint! We havn't got a PCI date as yet, but im hoping they dont need more than about 3-4 weeks.

We also worked out pricing for our back retaining wall which works out just under $5k... bit over what we had budgeted, but it is about 32m in total!

Here are a few more pics from today;

Back (Laundry) Door

Our front door - will eventually be painted dark grey

Main bathroom bathtub and vanity - I love our floating vanities!

Our kitchen!! I cant wait ti have so much space for cooking at storage! Will look even better when the ceaserstone gets installed and glass splash back!

Looking into our media room - we have double glass doors for this room!
Perfect for my new toy that I bought today - a Sony 55" 3D, LED LCD!

Our pantry in our WIP

More storage! Our main bathroom vanity

Looking past the kitchen towards our living area. It doesn't show in the photo, but its so light in there!!

Nearly kitchen time!

Just a small update today, spoke with our SS today and he said our kitchen is starting tomorrow, with the chippies working today on doors.
Also will have our tilers starting next week!

Feels like it is getting so close now :)

Gyprock Done!

After 2 weeks of not seeing the house in the flesh, it was great to see it in person for the first time with the scaffolding down.

We were able to go for a walk through today and were surprised to see all the gyprock and cornices finished! They still need to do the cornice in the garage, but all the walls are sanded and ready for paint.

Not sure what will be next, but would assume wet area tiles, and then cabinetry. With our contract extensions, we are due for handover mid July, but thinking they are on track still for end of June!

Anyway, here is a massive amount of happy snaps!

Main bathroom where the bath tub will sit.

Crappy iphone pic - but looking from the dining area toward the living.

Best feature of the house - the WIP

2nd most important feature - mark ups for our data and AV points in the media room.

One thing we have always lacked - storage - and this is our store room!

Looking from the garage out to the street

Our 'water glimpse' from the master bedroom

Looking in from the front door

We have a decent ceiling height in the garage due to our drop edge beam.

Roof complete with no scaff!

Our ensuite shower

Gyprock, Eaves, Water Tank & nearly locked up

We're pretty close to being locked up, in the past couple of days we have had our eaves done, water tank installed and what looks like a decent amount of the gyprock done.

Our new water tank!

Looking through the laundry 

Through the front door and garage looking at the gyprock